Is This Young Abe Lincoln?

Neatoramanaut Ivan C. emailed us a photo he found in a photo album several years ago, and thought that it looked like young Abraham Lincoln:

The photo has brought a heated debate for over 5 years now over this photo. I brought a photo album 7 years ago and inside were many photos of well known people. One photo caught my eye. It was a photo on a piece of heavy metal, 2"x3". mirror image. I said to my self this guy looks like Abe Lincoln. The photo had many
other pictures of Abe Lincoln and also of his wife and kids.

Well I started my research into why the photo is not Abe Lincoln. I learned all I could about abe lincoln especially of him being hit in the face by a horse at age nine. I had the photo authenticated. One person who saw the photo in person was Abe Lincoln expert from Denville, New Jersey Dr. Jerome R. Corsi. Also Dave Blanchette and Drs. Thomas Schwartz and James Cornelius. They all agreed and said it was a very young Abe, age 27 to 29.years old. I also had a forensic detective look at it. Mr. Bob Garrett CSCSA, CLPE, FFS New Jersey State Division International Association for Identification. He said all facial characteristics match.

If you see the photo in person you see that Mr. Lincoln was very tall and homely and you can see his mole, crooked lip and disfigured jaw. One eye was smaller and one ear was higher than the other. Abe is wearing his WHIG button and his suit and cravat is of the victoria age.

If you want to see the photo in person I live in New Jersey.

I'm no photo expert, but a cursory play with various images of Lincoln I found online showed a remarkable match in the eyes, nose, and mouth positionings. Could Ivan have found daguerrotypes of young Abraham Lincoln? What do you think?

The photos:

Thanks Ivan!


According to Wikipedia, the very first photographic portrait of a human was a self-portrait taken in October or November of 1839 (see their "History of Photography" page). The subject and photographer was Robert Cornelius.

Since Lincoln was born in 1809, he would have been 30 in 1839. Consequently, it is just barely possible that your photo could be of Abraham Lincoln although he would have to have been at least 30 when your photo was taken. An age of 30 is not all that different than your Lincoln experts' estimate of 27 to 29 so it is possible that your photo is of Lincoln.

Photography was really just getting started in 1839 and the technology was changing quite rapidly. Consequently, an expert in early photographic technology might be able to provide a reasonably accurate date range for when your photo was probably taken.
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The clothing looks completely wrong (more early 20th century than 19th). I'm not an expert, but I took a quick look at fashions from the 1830s and 1840s and didn't see any pictures of someone with a tie like that.
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Nope. Not him. Having seen plenty of photos from the Civil War era, this is too clean-looking, too pristine, to pass for a photo supposedly taken in the 1830s in backwater Illinois.

I would also question the use of the scenery, also not common for its time.

As far as the match between eyes, ears, mouth, etc., I'd like to see evidence performed by overlaying the two images. The photo and the middle Lincoln look like good candidates for an attempted matchup.
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Well, there is a resemblence, but who knows.
As for the lips someone pointed out, lips tend to get thinner with age, so pointing out how the upper lip is plumper doesn't disprove anything.
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It's tempting to think it's him, but also unlikely. Lincoln was born in 1809. The daguerrotype was invented in 1837- and wasn't really commercially available in the United States until the 1840s. However if Abe was supposed to have been 27-29 in this photo, that would put this photo in 1838 at the latest.
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After adolescence, men do not generally change the location of the part of their hair. In the photo, the hair is parted much lower on the crown than Abe does his in later pictures. This is usually the case even after the hairline recedes. The location and angle of the part is usually pretty constant, unless someone decides to go from side to center etc.
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Defiantly not the dame person. Ear shape is a common marker in identity recognition and Lincoln's ear shape is angular on top with a slightly dropped lobe and different canal formation unlike the young man featured in the comparison photo. These shapes do not alter so significantly over aging.
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Nope. The clothes are all wrong. Check out some publications about photography identification & 19th century costume (Dating Old Photographs 1840-1929, Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion, 1840-1900, Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail).

Also, there is a comprehensive book that contains every known photograph ever taken of Lincoln, "Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose", by Charles Hamilton and Lloyd Ostendorf. The oldest photograph ever taken of Lincoln was a daguerreotype, which currently resides at the Library of Congress. It can be seen online via the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/

For another source, there is this one guy who used to come in all the time and was obsessed with Lincoln photos. He also has a website: http://www.lincolnimages.com/
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This does not look like Abe Lincoln to me. The facial structure is too different. Everyone else has mentioned the unlikelihood that photography was available at the time period this picture would have to have been taken.
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What do I think? I think you shouldn't waste time on this sort of nonsense.
1. He's wearing clothes of a style that didn't even exist until well after 1839.
2. The description sounds more like a tintype than a daguerreotype, which backs up point number one.
3. The piece of furniture he's leaning on is in a style popular close to the turn of the 20th century, but which wouldn't have been used in 1839.
4. He appears to be wearing a pinback button on his lapel. They didn't exist until well after Lincoln's death.
If you want to authenticate a photograph, the first thing to do is take it to someone who knows about old photographs, not someone who claims to compare facial features. Ought to do that with this one. It'd give any historian of photography a good laugh.
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I agree with Jeffrey. Looks nothing like him. To compare, here's a sketch (from Wikipedia) of Lincoln at a young age: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Abe_Lincoln_young.jpg.
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I think it is our beloved pres. Abe. Remember people in government are always 20 or more years ahead of the average people and photos were also for the rich and famous. The year 1839, when the daguerreotype and photogenic drawing were introduced to the public, is a largely symbolic date, it represents only the year in which the new art was revealed. Its invention had occurred in stages, incorporating many earlier developments in chemistry, physics, and the visual arts.I also think you should give the person who found the photo a break and have an open mind. If it was me I would have thrown the photo away and been done with it.
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Oh my god. Its beautiful! Abe Lincoln is beautiful! This photo is what we need today to bring up the spirit of AMERICA! and what it means to be in this country full of opportunity. Abe lincon accomplished so much and he is our countrys most beloved president.
to see him as a young man and know that he is just like us is incredible. Hats off to the person who discovered the photo. All those people who say it is not him are just jealous and narrow minded.
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Not even close. The top of Lincoln's ear is on the same level as his eyebrow. This young man's ears are lower and protrude much more.
As mentioned before, the clothes are wrong.
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The clothing seems to be a bit of an anachronism for the late 1830s. In the 1830s a well to do chap would have sported a much higher collar, a wider cravat and the lapels of his jacket would have been far wider...not to mention that the four-in-one knot wasn't really common until the 1870s and 1880s. The style here looks to be of the 1880s...it just doesn't fit the 1830s.
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I don't care how much this young man may look like a young Abe, it just isn't him.

You can tell simply by the clothes. The tie, the waistcoat, the jacket. . . all of those items are no older the 1880's.
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These two images are from a stereoscopic set-up also invented in 1838 according to Wikipedia. One image has been flopped. I'm no expert and yet I was able to figure this out after a cursory glance and a little help from photoshop. Sorry Ivan, I don't think you've got Abe after all, nice picture though.
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In early photography because the exposure is made directly onto a plate, the resulting photograph is a mirror image. As for the photo being a ferro or tintype the above photo looks to be an early experimental photo and could also have been a copy of a
daugerrotype.In my opinion I think it is a very young Abe Lincoln.
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If that is a tie it is a huge tie. It is a CRAVAT. It's been around since the 1600's. Only politicans and people of high status and older gentlemen wore bowties.
And if you look at the photo closer you see his jacket reaches well below his waist and his vest has 5 buttons not like the modern ones. come on people thats my hero Abe. You can't see the trees for the forrest.
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Hey Alex, I warned you about this photo. There are some things people can't handle. This photo of Abe Lincoln is what it is. There is no conspiracies or scams or anything. I just thought people should see and know about this picture. I have no intentions of selling this photo. This photo has been authenticated and is in the process of being officially documented through the library of congress.When the authentication is done it will be donated to the library so the whole world can see it. for whatever reason I received many hate mail and death threats because of the picture. Many times I wish I never found it. Too late it is out of my hands now.
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I don't believe my eyes. I can't remember when I cried so much. I love abe lincoln and to see him as a young man is too incredible to believe. Than you neatorama you made my year.
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No, no way. That style of backdrop dates it for me to be near or after the date of Lincoln's death. Like another poster stated, check out the book "Dressed for the Photographer" by Joan Severa. The lower lip is a big issue for me, also.
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You would think photography would have developed in the late 1800's so that the image would not come out reversed. The photo is obviously from the early 1820's when photography was just getting started. Abraham Lincoln was alway ahead of his time. I believe he would have been one of the first people who would have had their photo taken. If I was living at that time I would had jumped at the chance and I would had dressed-up. As for his lower lip, abe was hit in the face by a horse at age 9 and it damaged his face. if you see photos of him without a beard you can see his droopy lip and damaged face. Read up on Abe before you put your two cents worth. Its Abe believe it or not!
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I think that is an incredible photo. one for the history books. I think maybe it will rewrite history!
Hard to believe that a picture of President Abe Lincoln at such a young age discovered what? 170 years later is remarkable.I think the whole world should see the picture! Hats off to you Ivan for such a discovery.
I hope all turns out well for you. I know there are many people who like the song says "rather see you die than see you fly".
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Damn if that ain't freaky! I mean everything matches, His eyes,nose,ears,hair everything! incredible!how the hell can you not see it is Abe Lincoln. Probably taken when he was Reelected to State legislature at age 28. I read where the government had a live in photographer that only took photos of important government workers.WOW!! Let me know where I can buy a copy.Why does the government fly supersonic jets and we ordinary peopl still fly air plains with propellers.
don't you think the government would have photographers way before anyone?
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It is Abe Lincoln for sure. Why do people keep talking about the suit being wrong era. suits been around for ever. Just because your granparents couldnt afford a suit doesnt mean Mr. Lincoln being a lawyer at 25 was walking around butt naked.I read that Around 1650 men had stopped wearing the doublet, hose, and cloak, fundamentals of a mans wardrobe since early in the sixteenth century and started to wear coats, vests, and breeches which we can recognise these three components of modern male attire still today.
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you are right delilah. people look for insignificant things to bitch about. It is not everyday that someone cares enought to put something on the web knowing people are going to criticize it. I applaude neatorama and the guy who found the photo of Abe Lincoln. I think people should jump for joy at such a discovery and show the world how beautiful America is and the historical people that made this country great. Abe Lincoln is a national treasure and an american hero.
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To heck with the library of congress and their snooty people. I'm sure if donald Trump had the photo people would believe its abe without even looking at the photo.Just because an average joe smoe has it people don't want to believe it is a photo of a Abe. I don't need anyone to tell me anything. I believe it is Abe Lincoln and if I was Ivan I would never show it to anyone. People these days don't deserve crap.It is a miracle to see the image of Lincoln. He is saying Hi from heaven and giving us hope and inspiration.
Long Live President Abraham Lincoln.
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That is amazing! It looks like what a younge Abe would look like. How can people think otherwise? Thank you, Ivan! It is a beautiful picture and further proof that you shouldn't make fun of goofy looking kids, because they just might be the most beloved President of all time! This picture is great and I'm proud to say I saw it before it went into the Library of Congress.
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What! I don't believe it.Had to see it for myself. Abe Lincoln lives in my heart and he is my hero , my inspiration. The reason I went into law school.I grew up poor and am disabled. President Lincoln inspired me! I will love him forever!
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The style of the photo, it's clarity and exposure are not consistent with the time period in which it could have been taken.

Lincoln also does not appear to be old enough for the earliest possible date of the photo, especially if you take into consideration his health problems. If this is a photo Abraham Lincoln in his early or mid 20's, this would also be the oldest portrait in known existence.
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Not another photo expert? It seems people are not only opinionated but they are experts and masters of all they see. the same people that can't balance their check books.I have been collecting antique photos for 40 years and I have photos that date back to the late 1700's. It doesn't take an expert to see that is a photo of a young (maybe late 20's)Abraham Lincoln.
I would do anything to own the photo,probably the only one in existence. let me know if it is for sale!
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It's obviously a fake. I can tell by the pixels, and because I'm an expert in fakephotology. I love how everyone here is an expert in something: history of men's fashion, antique furniture, photography, etc. I bet most of you are using Wikipedia as your sole source of information.
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WOW! how cool is that. Something you don't see everyday. It looks like what Abe Lincoln would look like at that age. Even thought he didn't look like Brad Pitt he still had a look of dignity and divinity.
love you Abe, you will always be my favorite president!
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I think it is abe Lincoln. I read this in the encyclope. The Victorian era began in 1837. Men's Clothes were less colorful than they had been, with fewer patterned fabrics. Wigs were increasingly going out of fashion, as was hair powdering.
All men, except for laborers, wore three-piece suits every day. No man would consider himself dressed unless he was wearing trousers, a waistcoat over his shirt and a coat. Of course, he also required a tie
and a hat. The cuts of coats changed over the decades, as did the width of trousers, but the basics were always the same. By the end of the century, cuts were such that a modern man can look at them and
recognize his own suits.
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1836 - On August 1st, Lincoln is re-elected to the Illinois General Assembly and by now is a leader of the Whig Party. September 9th, Lincoln receives his license to practice Law. Looks 100% like president Abe Lincoln. He looks to be wearing his WHIG button.
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A cravat tie,is a narrow neckband with wide pointed wings, traditionally made of PATTERNED silk. This wide, formal tie is usually folded over, and fastened with a stickpin or tie tack. It is worn with a cutaway morning coat and STRIPED grey suits. The cravat was widespread in the early nineteenth century.
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This is NOT Abraham Lincoln. The face is wrong, the clothes are wrong, the clarity is too good. It's not him. Accept it and live your life.

Victoria, I'd love to see any photos from the 1700's. All the data I can find says photography was invented/developed in the 1820's.
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come on people is it abe lincoln or not? It can't be that hard to figure out. Isn't there anyone who can show positive proof either way? the face is definitely Abes. The clothes maybe. He was a young man so maybe he is wearing whats called a skelonton suit.
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Other people have pointed it out, but just to reiterate:

This image is 1) A Ferrotype (or "tintype"). Process not patented until 1853, and 1856 in the US. By the time this image could have technologically been taken, there are already existing photos of a more mature Lincoln.
2) The clothing dates from the late 19th century. Fashion does not, and never did remain in a bubble, and a no one goes around sporting 50 year into the future fashions.

Any appraiser or historian who specializes in photography or fashion would instantly know that this image could not conceivably be from earlier than the 1870s at EARLIEST.
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Lincoln was born in 1809.

Even if we stretch credibility and say that the subject of the photo is 30 years old, the photographic technology simply did not exist in 1839 to take a picture of this quality.

On this basis the physical similarities are irrelevant.

End of story.
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The first permanent photograph was made in 1826 by a French inventor, building on a discovery made all the way back in 1724.
Abe is wearing a suit in all his photos. I wonder what people would say if he was wearing jeans and a tee shirt.
No one can have a twin with the same deformaties.
if it is not Abraham Lincoln, who is he your greatgrandfather?
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Yeah, It's a young Abe Lincoln. What's so hard to believe. He did go through adolesence and young adult hood like everyone else. So he is wearing a suit and tie like we all have to once in a while. People forget that he accomplished so much in the little time God gave him on earth. He also went through hell and now he is in heaven smiling down at us. Out of all the places in the world he could have been born he was born in the USA! Show some love and respect. Look closely at his sad eyes and scared face. Standing still trying to show some dignity. He was loved so much because he was a loving person. God Bless America! God Bless good ol' Abe!
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Don't worry Ivan. America is going through hard times now and the people that don't see that it's Abe Lincoln are just scared deep down. It's a reason why the photo is being revealed now. Abe is showing us that we need to get our young people motivated to do for this country before it's too late. He was young once, full of energy and ideas on how to make our country great! We need more Abe Lincolns today if we are to have a tomorow.
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It definitely looks like Abe Lincoln. As my grandma used to say if it looks like a duck and acts like a duck. Thanks neatorama I am honored to behold with my own two eyes such a vision of greatness. I have goosebumps all over. Long live President Abraham Lincoln.
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People should learn not to give off-the-cuff opinions on controversial works. My opinion is solid. That is a young Abe Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln was and will always be the best President America had. President Obama will never come close.
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Match the youngest abe lincoln photo with the oldest photo of Abe and you become a believer. It has more resemblance. You go Ivan with that great dicovery.
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What makes it not Abraham Lincoln? Everything matches.
Why isn't this photo on newspapers all around the world? Mr. Lincoln is an American Icon. An American Hero.
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That photo should not exist? Abraham Lincoln as a young man? Its the discovery of the century. It's like finding the head of john the baptist, or the spear of destiny! Incredible! Absolutely Incredible!
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Warning: this message contains no intellectual banter on the authenticity of this photo.

Doesn't it look just like Andy Samburg from the current cast of SNL? Freaky!
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As people are a product of their genes and their environment, and as there is virtually no case where genes and environment are identical (even for twins), the odds are that no two people could ever be exactly the same. That photo shows all The facial characteristics as Abe Lincoln including his facial damage from being kicked in the face by a horse at age 9. Incredible as it seems the photo is of a young Abe Lincoln.
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I checked with Tom Schwartz and James Cornelius at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Ill. Below is Schwartz's reply, on behalf of both of them. I'm not surprised -- the photo looks nothing like President Lincoln, and the clothes are from the wrong period. Sorry to bust anybody's bubble.

"James and my views on this image are being misrepresented by the owner. Both of us have stated to the owner that the image, in our opinion, is NOT Abraham Lincoln. I have received more than one email from other experts being approached that James and I have been cited as validating the image. We have not nor ever have stated the image is Abraham Lincoln.

"The obvious hint is that he does not look like Lincoln. But other things jump out such as the clothing not being right for the claimed time period and that, depending on what date you put it at, photography either did not exist or was not available on the frontier.

"I think the fact I an answering your query shows the misuse of the Internet and how quickly misinformation spreads."
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To the abe lincoln observer.
Oh please give me a break. Why are you so jealous?
for those people who say the photo is not Abe Lincoln fine! everyone is entitled to an opinion. But to say it is not him without researching the photo in person is just being hateful and jealous.Have you even seen the photo in person? Can you answer the fact that the person in the photo has all the characteristics of abe lincoln including his diformed jaw, lip, mole etc.This is a blog and the only misinformation being spread is yours. As for the clothing, I am pretty sure you still wear 1980's clothes and if someone took a picture of you they would think it was taken 30 years ago.Get a life.I believe it is Abe Lincoln and nothing you say will change my mind. ROCK ON ABE!
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Hey Jasper, You are mistaken they are still wearing butterfly collars and bell-bottoms. So the photo of those dorks would look like it was taken 40 years ago!
They don't want to admit that if the photo is real(which in my opinion it is.) It's probably worth millions!I also admire Dr.Jerome Corsi and love his books, (Which also are best sellers), and if he says the photo is of a young Abe Lincoln than I believe,I believe!The guy who discovered the photo should get some kind of medal and a date with a supermodel.Its funny how people who weren't even around 170 years ago when the photo was taken can be so insistant about the clothes and photo technology? Where is that *&^%$% President Obama when you need him. To mediate as he usually does, I will buy the beer I already have the nuts.
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As I read the comments I learned 2 things:
1)Abe Lincoln was once young. Thanks Ivan for reminding us that Abe was young at one time.
2)Jealousy needs no facts.

I see a young Abe in the photos and to anyone that doesn't that's ok - move on. Stop trying to use smoking mirrors to hide the fact that the details of the facial features are exact.
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I believe it's a young Abe Lincoln and one day everyone will see the photo and agree. As for those so-called Abe Lincoln experts they should get their heads out of their asses and start endorsing and sharing the image before its too late and NEATORAMA pulls the pictures. Stop playing the hate game people. We should all be jumping for joy at such a discovery! Why is it that the phony experts say the clothing and photography is off but they don't say anything about the fact that the image looks exactly like abe Lincoln, mole and all?
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I agree! why is it so hard to see that the photo is a young Abe Lincoln. Is it because these evil Abe lincoln experts are trying to manipulate and control the image of our past president, as to how we should perceive him in their eyes? It 's what they say? I don't think soo!
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I agree you just can't be so opinionated and say no without any proof.
you have to be open minded and educated. Everyone can see it looks exactly like Abraham Lincoln when he was young. He is dressed like a young man and he even has the same pose as in all his other photos.Wake up people and smell the roses, neatorama is showing you a historic picture!
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Dear Neatorama, I think it is important for you to put this photo in your site if only to show those narrowminded jealous so -called experts that you found the missing link of Abraham Lincoln photos. Bravo!
Bravo also to you Mr.Ivan Cruz for finding it.
p.s. I'm single (I look like a young christy brinkly) are you available?
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Incredible picture! He was so tall he didn't fit in the whole photograph. You can see his signature huge hands and his one of a kind face! Why isn't this photo on TV?
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This photo of a young Abraham Lincoln is a National treasure and will one day soon be known world wide.
Thanks to Neatorama and the owner Ivan Cruz.
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Nicéphorus Niépce, (March 7, 1765 – July 5, 1833)was a French inventor, most noted as one of the inventors of photography. He is most noted for producing the world's first known photograph in 1825. It is possible that Abraham Lincoln had his picture take in 1838 or earlier. He was alway ahead of his time.
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I took it upon myself to show all my classmates this photo and we all agree it is our favorite most dearest president. President Abraham Lincoln when he was our age! He stands with such dignity and honor as he did in all his Presidential pictures. Incredible! If I can accomplish half of what he did in his short tragic life I will die happy. He is my inspiration and he lives in my heart everyday. I am going to put the photo on my tee shirt! Thank you Neatorama!
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Hey that looks like my grandpa. He used to always look so elegant. I don't know if that is Abe but it would be so cool if it was him or maybe my grandpa. Can someone please tell me if that is my abuelito.
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That's not your abuelito man. Can't you see that really is Abe Lincoln. Hopefully soon the truth will come out and then all you jokers will see that this photo is legit.
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Why when you ask a young person who the man in the photo is they say right away it's Abraham Lincoln. But when you ask an old person they will deny the photo is Abe to their graves? What gives?
Rock on Abe Lincoln! 4-ever!
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I am not from this country and know little about your president Abraham Lincoln. I know he is an American hero. I have seen pictures of him and looking at this one on Neatorama and it is him. Incroyable!
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It is possible the photo is of Abraham Lincoln. A qualified photo expert should be able to pin point the exact date the picture was taken. You need Facts people not opinions!
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